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This 100 Years of Rock link contains a chronological display of how popular music has evolved.  It provides listening examples for dozens of American genres of music, from rock to country, blues, pop, and countless other sub-genres.  This link would make for interesting conversation with a History of Rock N' Roll class or classes about American music.  I especially enjoyed the listening examples because they give evidence to how much culture has influenced the different styles of American popular music.  I feel that students would very much enjoy this link because the listening examples cater to their interests, especially as the viewer scrolls toward the bottom of the page.

This website contains PDFs of wind band music that is available for free to download in the United States. The music is public domain or available via a Creative Commons license. This is very helpful with finding older music or replacing parts, especially with music that is out of print.

This band music library includes pieces that were written for American Town Bands. American Town Bands used to be so popular that almost every town in my region of Massachusetts had one. Sadly, these bands have been slowly dying out. Thanks to this website, you can find free music that those bands used to play and revive them with your ensembles.

Complete units for music classes that talk of the history behind many aspects of the music industry. Units include music technology as well as music genres and how they started. Lesson plans have links to all necessary handouts, videos and pictures.

Admittedly, I'm a total geek for the "old classics", but I find this website absolutely amazing! In about 3 minutes time I was able to locate about a half dozen pieces that I've been looking for at some point or another since I started teaching. I think there are resources that every band director could use here.

Public Domain town band music library. Would be great for so many things - especially playing marches at MPA that aren't overdone.

This is another invaluable resource of Public Domain compositions for the Band World. So many of the old marches and waltzes are out of print and difficult to come by, but this website has an extensive list of great works that are all public domain. A great resource not only for finding pieces to play, but also for doing some traditional score study.

This is a great resource for the History of American Rock/Popular music that I'm teaching. It lists all of the inductees as well as information about the artists who have been inducted. There are also lesson plans available.

This is a great resource for the History of American Rock/Popular music that I'm teaching. It lists all of the inductees as well as information about the artists who have been inducted. There are also lesson plans available. 

This is a great site to utilize for music history lessons! It has popular american songs and composer biographies to use for student read alouds or assessments. I will definitely be coming back to this site in the next few weeks!

This site provides information on American Pop history from 1900-1950 from the Lone Star College System. There are nice graphics and lots of links to other good places.